Ink-well



(No Mo d el v S. G. BALDWIN.

INK WELL.

No. 578,189. Patented Mar. 2, 1897.

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UNITED STATES STEPHEN G. BALDWIN,

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OF MARION, INDIANA.

INK-WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,189, dated March 2, 1897.

Application filed April 19 1894.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN G. BALDWIN, of Marion, in the county of Grant and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ink-Wells; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in ink-wells.

The obj eot of the invention is to provide an ink-well exceedingly simple, cheap, and durable in construction and composed of a minimum number of parts.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and in combinations of parts more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my complete device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the support for the ink-Well, which also answers as a screw for raising or lowering the ink-well to the desired position.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts in the different views.

a indicates any suitably-constructed inkwell, made of any desirable material, such as glass, rubber, aluminium, &c. The shape of this well is preferably rectangular in crosssection and has the fiat top and bottom.

1) indicates the filling-opening to the inkreservoir, which is preferably arranged about midway of the length of the flat upper portion. This opening is preferably screw-threaded, so as to be-closed, when the reservoir is filled, by a suitable screw-threaded plug.

The ink-well proper is preferably formed permanently closed. The hollow portion of the well (the reservoir) does not extend the entire length of the well, as the upper end of the same is formed solid,as seen at 0. Through this solid portion a screw-threaded vertical opening extends to receive the support or screw d for raising and lowering the upper Serial No. 508,074. (No model.)

end of the well, as desired, thereby regulating and permitting the ink to flow to the bottom, so that no matter how small a quantity of ink remains in the reservoir it is forced to the front end thereof to the opening 6, through which the pen is thrust to take up ink for writing. Extending a suitable distance below this opening 6 is a surrounding wall or tube f, so that in inserting the pen the wall or tube acts as a guide for the pen-point and also serves as a guard against too large a quantity of ink being taken up by the pen. This tube can taper to a point, if desired, the lower point, opening into the ink, being smaller than that of its mouth; or the tube can extend to having its front end provided with an outwardly-extending arm through which screws have been passed for elevating and lowering the same. I make claim to no such construction; but

What I claim is- The combination with an ink-well, of an approximately rectangular closed reservoir having a flat top and bottom, the upper end being formed solid as described, a vertical screwthreaded opening, a vertical adjustable screw in said opening, the small pen-opening eX- tending through the top end of the reservoir opposite the solid end, the downwardly-extending tube leading from the pen-opening and provided at or near its lower portion with an ink-opening, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN G. BALDWIN.

VVitnes'ses:

FRANK STOUT, WILLIAM S. HALL. 

